Exam 14: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, widespread scientific and public interest in adolescence was sparked by which two trends stemming from industrialization?

Freud believed that adolescence was a distinctive stage because:

The thinking involved in planning a holiday meal, including what to serve, how to serve it, who to invite, and so forth, is an example of:

Pubertal hormones have _____ on the brain, meaning that they trigger structural changes in the brain.

Which of the following is true of the Pumé people living in isolation in southwestern Venezuela?

Freud believed the main goal of adolescence was to:

The combination-of-liquids task, in which children discover how to mix four colorless liquids to make yellow, requires which type of thinking skills for its solution?

Jessie is studying for her psychology class while listening to music and checking her social media account. She is involved in:

G. Stanley Hall promoted the idea that:

Margaret Mead considered adolescence to be a stage of "storm and stress."

The timing of the onset of puberty is:

A new stage of development facing many individuals between the ages of 18 and 25 in technologically advanced societies is called:

Who proposed that the experience of adolescence depends on the nature of the society in which adolescents develop?

Who emphasized the role of culture in adolescent development?

The occurrence of the first menstrual period:

Which of the following is associated with a decline in risk-taking behaviors in late adolescence and early adulthood?

Jennifer is 16 years old and tends to stay up late at night, going to sleep around 2:00 a.m. On the weekends she tends to sleep very late in the day, often not waking until after noon. This shift in the sleep-wake pattern that occurs during adolescence is called:

Donald McCabe and other researchers find that cheating is widespread among high-school students. Students of this age appear to be less guilt-ridden than college students, and more apt to blame others-school teachers and society-for their dishonesty. What general conclusion does this research point to?

Which is a secondary sexual characteristic?

Early pubertal maturation, especially for girls, has been found to be connected with increased: